Thomas Hiscock
History
Thomas Hiscock was born in 1812 at Shinfield near Reading, Berkshire, England.[1]
He arrived at Geelong in 1841 on the Caroline,[2] and worked as a blacksmith. [3]
In 1851 he discovered the first gold at Buninyong.[4] He later became a storekeeper at Buninyong.
Thomas Hiscock died aged 46 on 25 July 1855 at Buninyong and is buried in the Buninyong Cemetery. [5]
Legacy
Thomas Hisckock was a blacksmith at Buninyong. <ref.http://eurekapedia.org/Eureka_-_The_Buninyong_Connection, accessed 28/08/2014.</ref> On 8 August 1851[6] Hiscock found gold in a gully between Buninyong and Sebastopol, starting the 'rush' to Ballarat. [7] The area became known as Hiscock's Gully. [8]
Hiscock received 1000 pounds and a gold cup from the Government to recognise his gold discovery. An obelisk was erected in his memory on the Sebastopol Road. [9]
Family
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Notes
References
- ↑ Corfield, Wickham and Gervasoni, The Eureka Encyclopedia, Ballarat, 2004, p268.
- ↑ Corfield, Wickham and Gervasoni, The Eureka Encyclopedia, Ballarat, 2004, p268.
- ↑ Spielvogel, Nathan. (1981). Spielvogel Papers Vol. 2. Ballarat: Ballarat Historical Society.
- ↑ Three Times Blest page 18 photo, Buninyong and District Historical Society database.
- ↑ Corfield, Wickham and Gervasoni, The Eureka Encyclopedia, Ballarat, 2004, p268.
- ↑ Jenkins, E.D., Sebastopol Victoria: An Historical Survey of Early Sebastopol, 1864-1964, SP, 1964.
- ↑ Spielvogel, Nathan. (1981). Spielvogel Papers Vol. 2. Ballarat: Ballarat Historical Society.
- ↑ Corfield, Wickham and Gervasoni, The Eureka Encyclopedia, Ballarat, 2004, p268.
- ↑ Corfield, Wickham and Gervasoni, The Eureka Encyclopedia, Ballarat, 2004, p268.
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--C.K.Gervasoni 12:41, 17 September 2012 (EST)